469: It All Depends on Human Effort

Grandma She shook her head, "No news has come out yet."

Su Xinyi chuckled and said, "Our Highness, King Wu, is really an infatuated person."

Hearing the sarcasm in the Crown Princess's words, Grandma She also sighed: "You just need to know about Prince Wu. The Queen and Concubine Ruan Ming are here, so just wait for the news."

Su Xinyi nodded, "Yes, we really can't do anything except wait."

Su Xinyi would not do anything that could be easily manipulated.

Mammy She felt relieved. She knew that the Crown Princess had always had a temperament when it came to injustice. She was able to ignore it this time. It was really thanks to the feud between Princess Wu and the Crown Princess. Otherwise, how could the Crown Princess just ignore it.

After summer, it became hotter day by day, and Su Xinyi's clothes were changed into light summer shirts. Yan Heng had a worry-free temperament. He ate and slept, and rarely made any noise. when.

Yan Junchu would tease his son every day when he came back. When the father and son smiled, the corners of their mouths would have the same arc. Su Xinyi always felt as if he was dreaming as he watched.

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of August, just when the summer heat was gradually fading, Mu Xing returned to Beijing.

Su Xinyi was sitting on the edge of the couch, stopping her son who was learning to roll over. The boy was about to turn three months old, and this morning he suddenly turned over, startling everyone in the room.

Grandma She smiled so hard that she couldn't even close her mouth, "The emperor's eldest grandson really looks like the Crown Princess. The princess has good kung fu and even has the emperor's eldest grandson's small body. I haven't seen any children who can turn over in less than three months. of."

Su Xinyi felt ashamed and said from the side: "It will be three months in a few days. It's not surprising if it's a few days earlier."

Grandma She didn't think so. For such a young child, it would be a big deal if it happened one day early.

Yan Heng turned over and lay on his back again, looking at the room full of people laughing, his big eyes blinking, obviously not knowing what the adults were laughing at.

Su Xinyi's heart softened when she saw it. She picked up her son and was about to take him to the yard for a walk when Delphinium walked in quickly.

Su Xinyi looked up at her and asked, "What's the matter in a hurry?"

"Princess, Mr. Mu Xingmu has returned to the capital. He is meeting with His Highness the Crown Prince in front. Manager Zhang has come to deliver a message. Mr. Mu is coming to greet you."

Su Xinyi was startled to see that Mu Xing was back, and then he was overjoyed. Is there something about Duo Gan's affairs?

"Let him come." Su Xinyi said immediately.

She thought that Mu Xing was still replying to His Highness at this moment, and she happened to go to change clothes first and tidy up a little, because she didn't go out much with her children, so she dressed more comfortably, but it was not allowed to meet people.

Su Xinyi asked the wet nurse to take care of the child and went into the inner hall to change clothes. Forsythia and the palace attendants immediately followed to serve.

After changing clothes, Su Xinyi went directly to the main hall, where Mu Xing was already waiting.

"My subordinates pay their respects to the Crown Princess."

After Su Xinyi sat down and looked at Mu Xing, the first thing he felt was that he had lost weight.

"Get up, sit down and talk." Su Xinyi said with a smile, "This trip is very hard, isn't it? When you returned to Beijing, you came directly to the East Palace?"

Mu Xing shook his head and said, "I went to the Ministry of Civil Affairs first."

Su Xinyi breathed a sigh of relief. Mu Xing's temperament was different from that of ordinary people. Unexpectedly, he became more respectable after entering the officialdom. "What did Duo Gan find out? Is your journey going smoothly?"

After Mu Xing sat down, he saw that the Crown Princess looked very good, and then he said, "I haven't congratulated the Crown Princess on giving birth to the emperor's eldest grandson."

Su Xinyi glanced at Mu Xing and said, "Hey, our Lord Mu will be different after becoming an official. We will all use official accent."

Mu Xing:......

I just knew I couldn't talk serious words to her.

Looking at Mu Xing's serious face, Su Xinyi laughed.

Mu Xing listened to the princess's laughter and helplessly smiled along with her.

"When I went to Duogan this time, I did find out something about King Yi's sale of official grain. However, after the food flowed into Duogan, it was like a stone sinking into the sea. It is difficult to find out where it ended up."

Su Xinyi nodded slightly after hearing this, "This is something that can be expected. After all, Duogan is not the territory of Southern Qi. It is really difficult to do something in other countries. But you have only come back now, so you must continue to investigate. ”

Mu Xing's lips curled up, "That's natural."

Su Xinyi knew that Mu Xing was not someone who gave up easily. Otherwise, how could he be an assassin who was good at hidden assassinations? "What did you find out later?"

Mu Xing hesitated for a moment, then raised his head and looked at Su Xinyi, "I'm not sure whose hands the food ended up in, but there are signs that some of the food went to the Tatar tribe."

Su Xinyi's face darkened, and he said thoughtfully: "There have been no large-scale incursions by Tatars this year. As for the small-scale frictions among several border guards, is it related to these grains?"

"I dare not lie, but the Tatar tribes are not sheep. Even if they have food, they will not really keep their peace. So I followed the route I found from Duogan through the Tubo tribes and then passed through the three tribes of Yuxi. On the way to Oara, we finally returned home from Tartar."

Su Xinyi was shocked. In half a year, Mu Xing actually went to so many places. You can imagine the hard work along the way. No wonder he became so thin.

Seeing the shock on the Crown Princess's face, Mu Xing coughed lightly and took out a cowhide from his arms, "This is my journey along the way, all drawn on the cowhide."

Su Xinyi saw that the edges of the roll of cowhide were slightly curled. It could be seen that Mu Xing often used it. When Mu Xing was in the caravan, she asked him to go to one place to complete the map. This time he went Duogan didn't mention this matter himself, but he didn't expect him to take the initiative.

Forsythia stepped forward and took the cowhide map, turned around and handed it to the Crown Princess.

Su Xinyi stretched out his hand and opened it. The grassland tribes like to use cowhide to draw pictures because it is durable and good at preservation. This habit was later learned by the border guards and gradually spread in Southern Qi.

Especially during marches and battles, maps made of paper are easily damaged during the march, but maps made of cowhide are different.

At this time, the map in Su Xinyi's hand was even more different. She could see that some parts of the map were drawn very hastily, and some parts were scrawled, which was obviously written in a hurry during the journey.

"Is this the original manuscript?"

Mul Came back and copied it.”

Su Xinyi took a long breath and said, "Don't tell anyone about this matter. It will not be a good thing for you if others hear about it."

Mu Xing was not stupid. He looked at Su Xinyi and said: "The harvest on the grassland this year is not bad. I guess there will be no problem in winter, but it will be hard to say next spring." He paused here and looked up. Su Xinyi, "Tatars are internally unbalanced. Internal strife has been serious in the past two years. Several tribes have been annexed. By next spring, if the Tatars can unify all the tribes, this will not be a good thing."

Su Xinyi felt a little heavy, then looked at Mu Xing and said, "Did that batch of grain finally reach Tatar?"

"There is no concrete evidence. The caravan transporting grain encountered a pack of wolves on the grassland."

Su Xinyi:......

Her first thought was to kill and silence her. She and Mu Xing looked at each other.

After Mu Xing said everything he needed to say, he stood up, looked at Su Xinyi and said, "The Crown Princess had better make preparations early, and it's time for my subordinates to return to the guard post."

Su Xinyi looked at Mu Xing, "What about you, what are your plans?"

Mu Xing paused, looked back at Su Xinyi, and then smiled nonchalantly, "That depends on His Majesty's will and the commander's arrangements."

Su Xinyi was angry and laughed when hearing such an official answer. It must have been a mess given to him by Zeng Liang, but it was indeed something he needed to learn to survive in the officialdom.

"Then go ahead and take good care of yourself."

Mu Xing smiled and left.

Su Xinyi took the map to the study room and spread it on the table to look at it carefully. Mu Xing was a very serious person, and the map he drew was very careful. As long as it was a place he passed, not to mention a small river, even a fork in the road would be clearly marked. Clearly.

There are marked places on it, and there are small prints on the bottom, which may be where the caravan passed.

"Mu Xing handed it over?"

Su Xinyi was so engrossed in what he was watching that he suddenly jumped when he heard His Highness's voice. He raised his head and looked at the person, "Why is there no movement at all?"

She was so frightened that her little heart was pounding.

Yan Junchu laughed, "You are too serious. Usually you will know it as soon as I approach the study."

Su Xinyi's face heated up, and he pulled His Highness to stand beside him. He pointed at the map and said softly: "This is the first map drawn by Mu Xing himself. Let's take a closer look. There are many places on it that are not on our original map. ”

Yan Junchu nodded, turned around and took out the original map from the shelf. Comparing the two maps, you can find the differences.

The two people's fingertips coincidentally landed on the boundary of Yuxi Sanbu. Su Xinyi was stunned for a moment, then raised his head to see His Highness.

Yan Junchu didn't expect it, so he couldn't help but smile when he met Xin Yi's eyes, "A Yuan and I really have the same mind."

Su Xinyi's face suddenly turned red, and when she was about to stop her hand, His Highness held her fingertips.

"Are you also worried about Yuxi Sanbu joining forces with Duogan and Tatar?" Yan Junchu asked, gently squeezing Xin Yi's fingertips.

Su Xinyi felt a little uncomfortable, coughed lightly, calmed down, and withdrew his finger, and then said: "Yes, speaking of the relationship between Yuxi Sanbu and Nanqi, it has always been unclear, but with Duo Gan and Tatar are not close, so it is really worrying that Dogan can take the opportunity to go to Tatar this time. "

Yan Junchu nodded slightly, "This concern is indeed reasonable. I am going to report back to my father and send someone to the third part of Yuxi."

Su Xinyi felt that His Highness's decision was a good one and said softly: "Then be careful. If the three Yuxi tribes alliance with the Tatars and Tibetans, our people will be in danger."

The two of them discussed the map while looking at it. Although King Yi had arrived, he still left many hidden dangers, and it would take a lot of effort to completely eliminate them.

Just like the consequences of those grains.

"Qu Xianbu has always been on good terms with Nan Qi. Let's send someone there first to test it out." Yan Junchu said.

"Then the other two parts of Yuxi have a bad relationship with us?"

"It can't be said that it's not good, but it can't be said that it's good either. Naturally, they will fall in favor of whoever provides the greater benefits. These tribes have always been like this and have no integrity at all." Yan Junchu said lightly, obviously disgusted with this.

Unless Southern Qi has enough troops to completely defeat them, this situation will continue.

But at present, it is very difficult to conquer the national power of Southern Qi.

The deposits in the treasury are limited, and the Southern Qi has not been very peaceful in the past two years. There are floods in the south and droughts in the north. The court needs to provide disaster relief, resettle refugees, and reclaim land. Each of these items requires money.

It was only after she became the Crown Princess that she realized that there are so many places to spend money in governing a country. A good cook cannot cook without rice. Every time at this time, His Highness always has to discuss matters with the Minister of Revenue until midnight to find ways to raise money.

Su Xinyi looked at His Highness and whispered, "It would be great if the border guards could raise money on their own."

Yan Junchu was stunned when he heard this, "Self-raised?"

Su Xinyi sighed, "Just like when we formed a caravan, the first purpose was to find out the news of the Tatars, and the second point was not to make some money? When the caravan came back from the long journey, it did make a lot of money, right?"

Yan Junchu pondered after hearing this.

Su Xinyi thought about it and said, "What do you think if we allow the border guards to form their own caravans?"

"No, wouldn't it be a mess if so?" Yan Junchu rejected it outright.

Su Xinyi sighed, "There is no better way. The only way left is to open a trade, but my father will definitely not agree."

Opening a trade will also have great risks. Not to mention that my father will not agree, the court officials will not agree either.

Su Xinyi spread her hands, "Then I can't do anything."

Yan Junchu was amused by Su Xinyi's expression, "The court has so many ministers, can't it think of a good way?"

Su Xinyi curled her lips, "That may not be the case."

Yan Junchu was angry and laughed, and stretched out his hand to pinch Su Xinyi's cheek.

Su Xinyi: ...

She is not a three-year-old child.

Although there are many court officials in the six ministries, there are also many factions. People's hearts are not working together, and they are pulling each other's legs. In this situation, it is very difficult to accomplish something.

In addition, the trade is a very sensitive matter. At least five or six people have fallen in this matter, and no one dares to open it easily.

However, things are in the hands of people, and there is no chance at all.

Su Xinyi's worried look made Yan Junchu feel warm in his heart. He held her in his arms and whispered in her ear: "Don't worry, I have a way, but the time is not right now, so it's not easy to bring it up."

Su Xinyi's eyes lit up immediately. Since His Highness said there was a way, he must have a plan.

She breathed a long sigh of relief and felt much more relaxed. Since it was not easy to bring it up now, Su Xinyi did not ask and changed the subject: "What plans do you have for Heng'er's 100th day?"

Yan Junchu spread his hands helplessly, "It depends on what the emperor wants to do. Heng'er will be 100th day soon, and the emperor will definitely see him on that day."

Su Xinyi's heart tightened when she heard this. Her son looked like his father, which had always been a worry in her heart. If His Majesty saw him, she didn't know what would happen.